What's the deal with Walsall, England?

Well obviously Walsall is better than Texas! Want to be a saddler, go to Walsall. Want a well-made saddle, buy from a Walsall saddler.

I believe Walsall was a strong place for loriners (long before the USA was even invented!) due to all the "raw materials" being so easily available in the area. The leather workers joined them in the 19th century and drew on the loriners' skills, and the town became a place where you could get all your tack not just your bits and stirrups. It all grew from there, and now all the best saddlers are Walsall-based or at least Walsall-trained.

I live in the UK, but I'm near Reading in Berkshire.

According to Wikipedia, it is a large industrial town and was originally used for coal, but when the coal ran out they swapped to the leather trade, which obviously included the saddles.

Due to the transport networks provided by originally moving coal out of the town to wherever it was headed, means loads of saddles could be made and shipped out of there very quickly, probably for very little money so more money could be used on materials and employees so they could churn out more saddles - you see where I'm going with this?

My newest saddle, bought a couple of years ago, is a Heritage working hunter saddle, made in Walsall - my show saddle, however, was made by a very small saddlery in Olney, which was bought out by Derby House (apparently if you go into their shop in Olney and go upstairs, they still have a few of the last saddles made by the saddlers there, but have really taken over with their stock. A shame as my saddle is a very nice, very comfy saddle)

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